alchemy women rising

August 29th to September 4th 2026

Six night retreat embodying the gift of life in a historic home beneath the Pyrenees Mountains

Six night retreat embodying true desires in a private tropical treehouse on Kenya’s Swahili coast

Optional three day wildlife safari in the world famous Tsavo East

the retreat

Tantra - Aerial Yoga - Women Circles - Somatic Parts Work - Alchemical Breath - Clarity Breath - Sound Healing - Ecstatic Dance & more

Once upon a time, we lived in harmony with Life itself — a sacred dance between Nature, the Feminine, the Masculine, and the Divine.
The Divine Masculine, the steady presence and safe structure, created the foundation through which the love of the Divine Feminine could flow freely.

But over time, this connection was lost.
We lost the presence — the sacred masculine energy — as our lives became a constant rush, a checklist to complete rather than moments to live. There is no time to pause, to feel, to flow, to love, to connect deeply. There is no space for the Feminine to express her essence.

We now live in a world designed to keep these two energies apart — both within us and around us.
They have become polarized, wounded, and distorted.
Life became something to control, suppress, or escape.
We learned to protect ourselves from fully feeling and truly living. In the noise and speed, we grew numb — chasing intensity just to feel alive, searching outside ourselves for something we already carry within. And the more we chase, the emptier we feel.

We have forgotten that true aliveness lives in the subtle — that presence creates the container for life to unfold.
Feminine energy became separated from her essence.
Pleasure turned into shame.
Sensuality became dangerous.
Presence was replaced by performance.

Only when these two energies reunite can Life truly emerge.
As long as they remain divided, we cannot embody the fullness of being alive.
It is in the sacred union — the meeting of the Feminine’s darkness and the Masculine’s light — that the beauty of life is fully born.

This retreat is an invitation to return to that sacred union within.
To surrender into the Feminine — the love that dissolves fear, conditioning, and the patterns that keep us small.
To remember our sensuality, our capacity to feel, and to experience Life through our senses.
To reconnect with our intuition and inner wisdom.

We will gather in the Presence of the mountain — the steady force that holds and sustains us — to let Life arise again.
To allow these two energies to meet within us.
To stop doing and simply be.

This is an invitation to stop surviving and start living.
To dance with Life — embracing both its shadows and its light.
To embody the sacred Gift of Life, exactly as it is.

We are being called home —
back to the sacredness of Life itself.
Not just existing, but truly LIVING.
Not just striving, but RECEIVING.
Not just doing, but BEING.

 



This retreat is a journey into the Gift of Life.

We invite you to return to your natural state of presence, love, and deep connection. To slow down and savor. To remember that Love is Presence. That Life is Now.

You will reconnect with the senses and subtle energies that bring you fully into your body. You’ll release what numbs you, and rediscover what moves you. Through nature, movement, breath, and creativity, you will reawaken your sensual, intuitive, expressive self — the woman who knows how to Live.

This retreat is not about seeking something outside of you. It’s about recovering the sacred within. We offer you a space to explore, express, and embody the truth that your life is already a masterpiece — when lived from the heart.



This is a space for:

  • Women who are ready to stop protecting themselves from Life and start living it

  • Artists, healers, and seekers who want to marinate in enoughness, sensuality, and presence

  • Those feeling disconnected or desensitized who want to feel their life force again

  • Anyone ready to release the story and live from the soul

  • Women with or without a physical womb — your creative energy is whole regardless

  • Those longing to experience union within — the sacred dance of divine feminine and masculine

  • Women called to connect with Nature, stillness, and the power of the Mountain

  • Those ready to live intuitively, prioritize with presence, and meet each moment with love



You will experience:

Women’s Circles • Ecstatic Dance • Alchemical Breathwork • Clarity Breathwork • Aerial, Yin & Vinyasa Yoga • Meditation • Tantra Practices • Art Therapy • Visualizations • Oracle Readings • Womb Healing • Rituals • Nature Immersion • and more

Held in the nourishing arms of this 1,000+ year old farm house and surrounded by the wisdom of Pyrenees Mountains, this is more than a retreat — it’s a reclamation. A return to wholeness. A celebration of being Alive.



Come if you feel the call.

If something inside you stirs as you read these words, this retreat is for you.
This is a space of Alchemy Women Rising — where we don’t just dream the life we want…
We Embody the Gift of Life.


 

Once upon a time, Nature, Women, and Goddesses were  venerated. They were associated with the Feminine Energy, its power and qualities needed for a balanced and harmonious society. We knew the power of our sexual and creative energy. Living our true desires came naturally, and we harnessed this energy for the benefit of all. We were one with Nature, respecting the natural cycles and rhythms of our bodies and needs. We were one with our Intuition which guided us through life. With time, these qualities become dangerous to systems that sought control. So, we got  disconnected from all of it: destroying Nature, rejecting our bodies and cycles, losing the sovereignty of our sexuality. Our inherently good desires became associated with shame and unworthiness, and more and more superficial fixes were marketed to appease the wanting self. Guidance and knowledge about our needs  now coming from external sources,  we forgot the power of our Intuition and stopped trusting ourselves. We are living in a time when feminine energy is  devalued and repressed, and our true Nature, Purpose and Desires are threatened by external pressures. Together, we have the power to live free.

 

In this retreat we want to create a safe space for you to connect with the deepest self. We invite you to remember the Alchemy Woman that you are, able to transmute the wounds and pain into a catalyst back to the heart : able to Re- Create your reality and recover your true nature. You will embrace your Wholeness and connection to all things within yourself, integrating those parts and unmet needs that were repressed in order to survive. You will connect with your deepest Desires from a space of alignment, forgiveness and love, and Embody those Desires: living your purpose.  By honouring what the deepest self wants, we want you to feel like you are really living the life of your dreams in this present moment.

 

Our Feminine Cycle and its different phases will guide us through this journey. Our body is our vehicle to experience life and through it, we can experience the different phases of our creative cycle and archetypes. We will unleash all the qualities and powers in each phase to release, heal and embrace whatever is needed. Each of those phases gives us the opportunity to alchemize our wounds into Desires. We will recover the playfulness and dreams of the child; melt the armors that closed our Heart and will open to Love. We will release the blocks, patterns and programs that castrate our freedom and sensuality, opening ourselves to feel again. We will connect with our inner guidance and intuition, remembering to trust it. We will accept and surrender to the changes of our natural cycles, and find balance and flow with the rhythms of life. We will practice living more in alignment with ourselves, adapting our reality to our needs and desires rather than living for the external. We will surrender to ourselves and our Desires.

 

This is an experiential retreat where we want you to really experience and find your own truth within. We don’t want you to believe anything we say, but instead to explore it and find what is true for you. We have been raised thinking that all answers are outside us, and we want to shift the focus within and build the trust in our intuition through the experience in our bodies. It is a deep healing and transformative experience where we will combine light and shadow work, with time to rest and integrate in the beautiful Nature that surrounds Watamu Treehouse.Nature is a big part of our retreat as she will be holding the space for us and helping us to process and integrate everything that will come up for us. In this experience, we will have women’s circles, different workshops, Ecstatic dance, Visualisations, Meditations, Alchemical Breathwork, Tantra practices, Aerial Yoga, Hula Hoop, Vinyasa and Yin Yoga, Womb Healing, Rituals, Art therapy, Oracle card readings, Womb Healing and much more. 

 

This retreat is for you if you….

Are ready to Re-Create Yourself

Want to step into your Feminine Nature and Power

Want to experience Yourself fully

Want to open and share with other women and thrive together

Feel stuck or frustrated in any area of your life and need clarity and guidance

Want to stop identifying yourself with your story

Want to connect with Nature and the power of this magical land

Are a woman whether you have your blood and physical uterus or not

Are ready to look into yourself and your shadows

Feel disconnected from your Creativity

Are receiving signals from your body manifested in physical disharmonies: infertility, PCO´S, fibroids, infections…

Can hear the call within as you read the information

Have you heard the voice deep within ? Do you feel there is something you are missing? Is your Heart craving for Love? How many dreams and projects do you want to manifest and don´t know how? Do you feel your Creativity is stuck? When was the last time that you played? Can you feel the voice and strength of your ancestors? Your Alchemy Woman is calling within, she wants to be free and serve the world with the full expression of herself. Every woman has so much to create and to offer, we just need to unleash our creative power, intuition and connect with our heart to harness the most powerful alchemy within ourselves: Love.

Our Feminine Energy has been repressed and oppressed for a long time, and now is the moment for the feminine rising, to balance the energy of the world, our societies, our closest circles… It is the moment to awake and to step into our power and that is always easier and more powerful when we do it together. So, this retreat is a call to the women who want to awaken, explore their full potential, hold hands and walk together to unleash our true selves, to witness and be part of our sister’s blooming and embody our own power.

During the retreat we will explore our creative process and cycle, going through each of the phases, the different archetypes and aspects of our life as women, different phases of our feminine cycle, recognizing our strengths, our hidden powers, our uniqueness and magic. 

We will awaken, feel and work with our sexual energy, connecting it with our Heart and Consciousness for our own healing and manifestation process. 

We will explore our shadows, our limiting beliefs that are holding us back, and will connect with our inner wisdom and intuition to discern what we need and is best for us. Because only each of us knows what’s best, we just need to remember and recover the trust in ourselves to be our own guidance in our journey.

We will connect with our ancestors, to heal and cut cords that are a weight in our journey to manifest and live the life we deserve, and connect with the strength and flux of life that we received from them. We will plant the seeds that we want to manifest in our life based on our true needs.

We will play, connect with our inner child, our curiosity and sense of exploration. We will go through our own Initiation and Rite of Passage into womanhood and feminine wisdom. We will remember our true nature.

We will connect, build and heal our self esteem and confidence in ourselves. We will connect with our capacity to love, be loved, to nurture and be nurtured. We will remember how to be mothers to ourselves and how to feed and nurture ourselves and our projects and creations. We will practice self love, compassion, forgiveness, and self validation. 

It is gonna be a deep journey within, supporting and holding each other to give birth to ourselves once again, to fill up ourselves with love and life, connecting with pleasure, joy and play! We will walk this journey together through different proposals that are just that: proposals. We believe and trust in the wisdom within each of us, and the sovereignty to decide what feels right for you in every moment. During 6 days and 5 nights we will have women’s circles, different workshops, ecstatic dance, vizualitations, meditations, breath work, Ovarian Breathing Feminine Alchemy System, tantra practices, aerial yoga, rituals, art therapy, uterine memories healing and much more.

retreat Venue: Les Eres de Guardiolans

Les Eres de Guardiolans is a 1,000 year old historic Masía (tradicional Catalan farmhouse) located in the town of Vilada, in the Berguedà region, province of Barcelona. Situated in the pre-Pyrenees mountains. It is surrounded by lush pine and oak forests, in a mountainous and rocky area that characterizes its natural environment.

The first documentary records of Guardiolans date back to the 10th and 11th centuries, in documents related to the ancient Monastery of Sant Pere de la Portella, indicating that the site belonged to the monastery and formed part of the Barony of Portella. From 1443 onwards, there is evidence of the a family lineage associated with the Masía that lived there for generations until 2015.

All of the rooms for the retreat are simple and humble rooms, with twin beds or double bed with their own bathroom, toilet and shower.

retreat Venue: Watamu Treehouse

Watamu Treehouse is a unique and inspiring guesthouse in harmony with nature. It co-exists with the original coastal forest of Watamu. The towers were built on existing clearings in the forest without cutting trees and with the intention of preserving the forest.

All of the rooms are doubles – ensuite rooms with their own bathroom, toilet and shower.  The rooms all overlook the sunrise over the ocean or the sunset over the forest – and most rooms overlook both. 

There is a cool pool and its own private path to the beach – about 4 minutes through the indigenous forest. Many find this forest one of the most special parts of Treehouse and the destination is the quietest part of the long unspoiled beach in a protected marine reserve.

The food is inspired by a variety of cuisines from Swahili to Indian to Middle Eastern. They source fresh fruits and vegetables from the local market and try to get everything else from coastal producers or the health food shop. 

The lunches and dinners are abundant with “set-meals” and always include a soup or starter, a vegetarian main course (and a seafood main course if not vegetarian), a variety of sides and salads, and a dessert. They serve fresh juice or coconut water and a variety of hot drinks after the meal.  Great for vegans, and gluten and dairy-free.

And there is always a dedicated, friendly, and fun-loving team to take care of everything you might need and make your stay pleasant and smooth .

  Shared Single
Early Bird (by May 16) €1,880 €2,150
Regular (after May 16) €2,130 €2,400

*if you are sending in another currency use today’s exchange rate, found here

Includes:

  • 7 days, 6 nights accommodation 
  • All inclusive meals, snacks and drinks
  • 6 days healing & transformative Alchemy Women Rising Retreat
  • Nature excursion
  • Welcoming Gift

What´s NOT included:

  • Any extra accommodation beyond the 6 night retreat
  • International flights to and from Barcelona
  • Transport to Pyrenes
  • Visas
  • Spa treatments, massages or any extra activity offered by the venue
  • Health and travel insurance
 

your facilitators

Andrea "Dre" hartley

Dre, founder of Hart Flows, is a light worker, flow artist and somatic healer who intuitively weaves together modalities (such as aerial, mindfulness, somatic parts work, reiki, sound, breath and trauma informed YinYang yoga) to support the heart’s free flow of true expression and embodied wholeness. As a recovering addict, she is passionate about helping other on their recovery journey. Dre studied Psychology and Aerial Arts at Louisiana State University and furthered her flow arts, meditation and somatic studies in subsequent years with Nashville Circus Centre, Fly Circus Space, Karuna Yoga, CirqFit, Wild Heart, The Embody Lab, Clarity Breathwork and more.

Her playful sessions are about liberating heart, intuition and creative power. She lived in Kenya 2014-2022 where she founded a social circus which brought aerial + flow arts to venues and schools across Africa. She has worked with organizations supporting addiction recovery, domestic violence, refugees and at-risk youth programs. She is passionate about helping others embrace their innate freedom and joy through embodied flow and transformative immersions. She continues to host international festivals, retreats, teacher trainings, private sessions and workshops that merge flow arts, somatic healing and mindfulness.

You can connect and know more about her:

www.hartflows.com

IG: @hart.flows

Email: andrea@hartflows.com

Paula "Pau" Arranz

Creator of “Mujer Naturaleza” (Woman Nature). Lover of nature, ancient wisdom, music, dancing, traveling, painting and enjoying life. Certified Life Coach specialized in women, Menstrual and Integral Cyclicality Therapist, Facilitator of Womb and Uterine Memories Healing, Certified Teacher of Ovarian Breathing, Feminine Alchemy, Feminine Sexuality, Alchemical Breathing, Sacred Sexuality, Tantra and Herbalism.

She accompanies women and men in their journeys of Self-Knowledge and Healing. These processes take us to remember our Feminine Nature, Wisdom and Healing power that each of us have within. Through this, we return to the Divine Expression that we are, connecting with our bodies: the temple where the Alchemy and Magic can happen. This journey opens us, allows us to blossom and reconnects us to our Divine Feminine and Masculine and the Sexual & Creative Energy. Through this process we open our Hearts and elevate our Consciousness, experiencing and embodying the integration of ourselves as Whole and Complete.

Paula’s work integrates meditation, archetypal wisdom and embodiment, breath-work, movement, dance, yoni eggs, medicinal herbs, oracle cards and art-therapy. She accompanies one on one processes, facilitate courses, workshops, women´s circles, transformational retreats and participate in national and international wellness festivals.

 

You can connect and know more about her:

www.mujernaturaleza.com

IG: @mujernaturalezapau

Fb: @MujerNaturalezaPau

the safari

Tsavo West National Park, spanning approximately 9,065 square kilometers, is one of Kenya’s largest and most iconic parks, known for its diverse landscapes that include savannahs, volcanic hills, and lush river valleys. It is home to a rich array of wildlife, notably large populations of “Red Elephants,” as well as lions, leopards, and over 500 bird species. Key attractions include Mzima Springs, Chyulu Hills, and the Sheldrick Waterhole, which are perfect for game drives, walking safaris, and cultural visits to local communities. Committed to conservation, Tsavo West supports various initiatives to protect its biodiversity and promote sustainable tourism, making it a premier destination for safari enthusiasts and nature lovers.

safari Accommodation: Severin camp

 

Severin Safari Camp in Tsavo West National Park offers a luxurious and immersive safari experience in a stunning wilderness setting. The camp features elegantly designed tents with modern amenities, including en-suite bathrooms and private verandas. Guests enjoy exceptional dining with a menu of local and international cuisines, served in picturesque settings.

Activities include guided game drives, walking safaris, birdwatching, and cultural visits to nearby communities, providing opportunities to explore the park’s diverse wildlife and landscapes. The camp also includes a wellness area for relaxation and spa treatments.

Committed to sustainability, Severin Safari Camp employs eco-friendly practices and supports local communities, ensuring minimal environmental impact. Overall, it combines adventure, luxury, and conservation, making it an ideal destination for a memorable African safari.

If you want to live the experience of a wildlife safari while in Kenya, we offer you the option to add a 3 days/2nights safari at Tsavo East National Park. If you decide to go for it, our partners from Travel4Purpose will be the ones to accompany you for the rest of your travel. Tsavo is the Kenya´s largest Natinal Park and one of the largest in the world. The sight of dust-red elephant wallowing, rolling and spraying each other with the midnight blue waters of palm-shaded Galana River is one of the most evocative images in Africa. This, along with the 300 kilomtere long Yatta Plateau, the longest lava flow in the world, make for an adventure unlike any other in the Tsavo East. The park forms the largest protected area in Kenya and is home to most of the larger mammals, vast herds of dust –red elephant, Rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard, pods of hippo, crocodile, waterbucks, lesser Kudu, gerenuk and the prolific bird life features 500 recorded species.

safari Accommodation: Satao camp

Satao Camp offers its guests the classical ‘Out of Africa’ experience. Spacious tented accommodation is complemented by first-class cuisine and genuine hospitality. The camp boasts 20 authentic safari style en-suite tents, each with private verandahs, nestled among the tamarind trees surrounding the camp’s very own watering hole. The tents are carefully positioned to allow uninterrupted views of the visiting wildlife whilst ensuring total privacy. Satao’s watering hole can attract up to 1,000 elephants a day. Large prides of lion are also sighted regularly. Satao Camp’s contributions to wildlife habitat is to ensure that the waterhole never dries up.

Satao Camp offers morning and afternoon game drives within the Park. If you’re looking for the legendary Big Five, you won’t be disappointed. All safari vehicles are open 4×4s equipped with everything you need for the perfect game drive. They provide binoculars, guide books about African birds and mammals and even a cool box with chilled drinks at the ready. Their guides are qualified Professional Safari Guides and have worked for many years in Tsavo. Their passion and understanding of the environment and the rich biodiversity of Tsavo are unequalled and they will be delighted to share their knowledge with you.


The Masai Mara together with Tanzania’s Serengeti form Africa’s most famous wildlife park, the Masai Mara National Reserve. The image of acacia trees dotting endless grass plains, beautiful sunsets and sunrises, large prides of lions, herds of elephants, as well as giraffes, gazelles and eland can also be spotted in the reserve. The wildlife in Masai Mara is considered one of the finest collections of wild animals anywhere in the world. With literally close to 90 species of Mammals and many more Birds, Masai Mara and the surrounding Great Mara ecosystem is home to a rich, diverse collection of wildlife which tourists from the world come to see during an African Safari.

safari Accommodation: basecamp maasai mara

You will stay at Basecamp Masai Mara which offers spacious and luxurious Double Riverside Tents. 

The tents are built along the banks of the Talek River, the natural border to the Masai Mara National Reserve. The dense riverbed foliage allows for maximum privacy and comfort, without compromising the view of the Masai Mara National Reserve just a stone’s throw away. With more than 300 identified bird species, you are certain to wake to a symphony of birdsong while staying at Basecamp Masai Mara.

Next to Basecamp Masai Mara is the Enjoolata Awareness Centre where guests are invited into exhibitions, movies, photo editing, and face-to-face meetings with the Maasais providing a deeper understanding to anyone who seeks knowledge about this fascinating culture and place.

 

Overseas Guests
Private Room $4,650
Shared Room $4,000

Kenya Residents
$650 discount on the above prices for Kenya residents (applies to shared room only)

*if you are sending in another currency use today’s exchange rate, found here
*if you are local to Kenya and wish to exclude domestic flights and/or transport contact us for a quote alchemywomenrising@gmail.com

Includes:

  • Domestic flight Nairobi-Malindi
  • All ground transfers between airports and lodges
  • 7 days, 6 nights full board accommodation at Watamu Tree House
  • 6 days healing & transformative Alchemy Women Rising Retreat
  • Welcoming Gift
  • 3 days, 2 nights full board accommodation at Severin Camp in Tsavo West 
  • Game drives in Tsavo West
  • Services of an experienced safari tour guide/driver (safari)
  • Park Entrance fees
  • Pick up from Watamu Treehouse and drop off in Voi SGR
  • First Class SGR train Voi – Nairobi

What´s NOT included:

  • Any extra accommodation or night at Watamu TreeHouse if you stay long time
  • International flights to and from Nairobi
  • Visas
  • Health and travel insurance
  • Spa treatments, massages or any extra activity offered by the venue.
  • Items of a personal nature and optional activities 
  • Bottled & Soft Drinks (at the safari)
  • Exclusive use of vehicle on game drives
  • Tips/gratuities

Testimonials

This retreat changed my soul. So every minute i spent there I keep with me close to my heart. I learned so much about myself and have never felt closer to my body, my womanhood, but most importantly my power. The retreat allowed me to see myself truly at my core and love every part of me.” – Nikki

“Do yourself a favor and come experience the beauty of this retreat! You won’t regret it. Dre and Pau create a safe, loving container for you to express what has been trapped inside your body. It is so liberating to experience that kind of healing in the company of so many incredible women. If you feel you have been cut off from your feminine, receptive side, this retreat is for you. It can also be an opportunity to reconnect with any sacred rage that has been denied and repressed. This retreat will leave you feeling lighter, rejuvenated, and more connected to our beautiful Mother Earth.” – Samantha

“My time spent on the retreat was deeply useful, delicious, and fragrant. As someone who struggles to spend time in my body and trust others with my spiritual practice – I will remember this retreat as a milestone for when I began challenging those parts of myself and was ushered forward in great love. There is no way I could have researched or planned my way into such an authentic international trip, or experienced as much of myself in such a condensed amount of time. There’s no higher compliment than to tell a friend and I am sharing with every woman I know, with hopes of attending again and again myself.” – Claire

“The Alchemy Women Rising retreat…was nothing short of transformative. The retreat offered a rare space for reflection, sisterhood, and soulful growth—held with such care and intention. I left feeling lighter, stronger, and more in tune with myself.” – Sheikha

I’m deeply grateful to you both, Pau and Dre, for guiding such a transformative retreat. I arrived feeling anxious, not knowing what to expect, but left with a full heart and lifelong sisters. Each practice had its own special, powerful impact. Returning home, I am finding more moments of stillness and mindfulness to be able to create ideas that come from the heart and mind. I appreciate you for creating such a safe and open space. Grateful to you again ♥️ – Reem

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